Scientific Space Research - 50 naye paise

This stamp was issued by Sharjah & Dependencies (الشارقة وملكحقاتها) in 1965 as part of a specialized series celebrating Scientific Space Research. Expertly printed by the British security firm Harrison & Sons Ltd, the central vignette depicts NASA's pioneering Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO) satellite floating in low Earth orbit, with its structural solar panel wings deployed against a field of stars and the curved, cloud-swept topography of the globe below.